milk spots


milk spots

1. white plaques of hyalinized fibrous tissue situated in the epicardium overlying the right ventricle of the heart where it is not covered by lung; Synonym(s): soldier's patches2. white macroscopic areas in the omentum, due to accumulation of macrophages and lymphocytes. Synonym(s): tache laiteuse (1)
Large whitish patches on the left ventricular epicardium seen by gross examination in idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, which correspond to fibrosis due to long-standing focal hypoxia; milk spots on right epicardium are incidental autopsy findings, possibly due to healed pericarditis